14-letter words containing a, e, r, i, l, o
- brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
- bread poultice — a poultice made from breadcrumbs
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- bronchial tube — Your bronchial tubes are the two tubes which connect your windpipe to your lungs.
- brother-in-law — Someone's brother-in-law is the brother of their husband or wife, or the man who is married to their sister.
- bulletin board — A bulletin board is a board which is usually attached to a wall in order to display notices giving information about something.
- caloric energy — energy measured in calories
- camelopardalis — a N constellation between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia; the Giraffe
- canicola fever — an acute febrile disease of humans and dogs, characterized by inflammation of the stomach and intestines and by jaundice: caused by a spirochete, Leptospira canicola.
- caramelisation — (chiefly British) alternative spelling of caramelization.
- caramelization — the conversion of sugar into caramel, caused by heating
- cardinal vowel — any one of eight primary, purportedly invariant, sustained vowel sounds that constitute a reference set for describing the vowel inventory of a language.
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- carriage clock — a portable clock, usually in a rectangular case with a handle on the top, of a type originally used by travellers
- carrion beetle — any beetle of the family Silphidae that track carrion by a keen sense of smell
- carrion flower — a liliaceous climbing plant, Smilax herbacea of E North America, whose small green flowers smell like decaying flesh
- cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
- casserole dish — cooking pot for oven or hob
- cavalier poets — a group of mid-17th-century English lyric poets, mostly courtiers of Charles I. Chief among them were Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace
- cellular radio — radio communication based on a network of transmitters each serving a small area known as a cell: used in personal communications systems in which the mobile receiver switches frequencies automatically as it passes from one cell to another
- celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
- central office — (communications) The place where telephone companies terminate customer lines and locate switching equipment to interconnect those lines with other networks.
- central region — a former local government region in central Scotland, formed in 1975 from Clackmannanshire, most of Stirlingshire, and parts of Perthshire, West Lothian, Fife, and Kinross-shire; in 1996 it was replaced by the council areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire, and Falkirk
- centralisation — Alternative spelling of centralization.
- centralization — the act or fact of centralizing; fact of being centralized.
- centrolecithal — (of animal eggs) having a centrally located yolk
- cephalometrics — The measurement and analysis of the craniofacial area, especially as an aid to dental or orthodontic procedures.
- cephalosporins — Plural form of cephalosporin.
- ceremonial tea — a Japanese green tea made from choice shade-grown leaves that are cured by a steaming, drying, and powdering process: used in chanoyu.
- chalcotrichite — a fibrous variety of cuprite.
- chancellorship — The chancellorship is the position of chancellor. Someone's chancellorship is the period of time when they are chancellor.
- chemical toner — toner (def 4).
- chemical-toner — a person or thing that tones.
- chemosterilant — any process or chemical compound that can produce sterility, used esp. in insect control
- chivalrousness — The state of being chivalrous.
- chloride paper — a relatively slow printing paper coated with an emulsion of silver chloride: used mostly for contact prints.
- chloroargyrite — a greyish-yellow or colourless soft secondary mineral consisting of silver chloride in cubic crystalline form: a source of silver. Formula: AgCl
- chlorothiazide — a diuretic drug administered orally in the treatment of chronic heart and kidney disease and hypertension. Formula: C7H6ClN3O4S2
- chlorpromazine — a drug derived from phenothiazine, used as a tranquillizer and sedative, esp in psychotic disorders. Formula: C17H19ClN2S
- chlorpropamide — a sulfonylurea drug that reduces blood glucose and is administered orally in the treatment of diabetes mellitus. Formula: C10H13ClN2O3S
- chlorthalidone — a diuretic used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and hypertension
- cholestyramine — a drug that reduces and prevents re-absorption of bile in the body
- cholinesterase — an enzyme that hydrolyses acetylcholine to choline and acetic acid
- choral society — an organization of amateur singers
- chronicle play — a drama based on a historical subject
- chronometrical — a timepiece or timing device with a special mechanism for ensuring and adjusting its accuracy, for use in determining longitude at sea or for any purpose where very exact measurement of time is required.
- circular error — Horology. loss of isochronism in a pendulum moving through circular arcs of different sizes: sometimes avoided by causing the pendulum to move through cycloidal arcs.
- citronella oil — the yellow aromatic oil obtained from citronella grass, used in insect repellents, soaps, perfumes, etc
- claude lorrain — real name Claude Gelée. 1600–82, French painter, esp of idealized landscapes, noted for his subtle depiction of light
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.